Anna Ng:

Hi All:

New in this thread. This is my Purple sweet potato toast, hope your like it.
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@Anna, wow very nice leh :drool: !!! can share recipe?? :please:

smurf:

i use mixture of bread and wholemeal flour leh...knead using mixer, med speed for about 40 mins (on off to check), still came out, dense. its not hard lah, just dense and heavy...


soft on the top part, dense and heavy at the bottom...wonder why?? :?

after shaping, i should leave it to proof for 50 mins, but after 50 mins, it doesnt rise to 90% of tin, only probably about 70%, didn't want to wait anymore...haha...maybe thats the reason? but it seems to get stuck at that 70%...the yeast protested and refuse to rise after 70%... :spank:

Smurf, is it bec recently weather quite cool not good for yeast to proof? can try to warm-up kitchen or put dough near oven (preheated, then off) or cover under a wrap with a cup or two of boiling water? i always make sure i 2 rises r abt double the size then bake. can show pics?

dasalo:

I think i did it with machine at 12 mins. Now I use my bread machine and press dough button. It'll prompt me when its ready.

oh, no need to hand knead further?? so, machine kneading is very efficient ... hmm tempted to get a mixer or bmachine now ... :evil:

smurf:

tried making wholemeal bread yesterday. it was quite good, I machine kneaded it for about 40 mins (on off stop to check 'window panel')...its very soft after baking, but when cool...its became quite dense and heavy, not so soft and fluffy anymore.


very difficult to know why...sigh...

@smurf,

u use 100% wholemeal flour?? can mix with breadflour, or cake flour, texture will be softer.

smurf:

i give up after 15 mins sometimes...u can knead for 30 mins!

:salute:

is machine knead and hand knead the same? i mean, if hand knead is 30 mins, machine should be shorter or longer ha? :?

but the way machine bash the dough... :nailbite:

@smurf, :nosebleed: ya, knead until arms ache, sweat like in sauna, of course must pause in btw lah ... But I try to knead for 30min incl slapping n folding.

I don't use machine, so can't gv opinion if th final pdt will b th same. I also think if u use mahine, time taken to achieve window pane shd be shorter than 30min, maybe 20min shd suffice.

smurf:

L-earner,


wah...:drool: ..
did u use the bread machine or erm, hand knead (how long did u knead)?? :?

but hor, I more keen in sourdough...buay gam wan about that failed sourdough bread... :stompfeet:

@smurf, as usual - abt 30min (by hand ). i baked this bread many times b4, sometimes plain, other times with raisin, walnuts, cranberry; but i like to replace 50g of bflour with wholemeal flour or sugar instead of honey. i, on the other hand, am not v keen in sourdough bread, my kids n dh like soft n fluffy bread more. Keep trying, and remember to update us n post pics. :please:

dasalo:

L-earner:

@dasalo, can courier to me :evil:

You paying for the courier? I'm Ok! :boogie: :rahrah:
Looking at your cranberries bun makes my hungry now!!

haha... tks in advance hor :love:

@dasalo, can courier to me :evil:

@ Funz ... :drool: :drool: :drool:

@Flowermonaster, starter for sourdough bread is a fermented dough, it is an interesting experience to make it... this book has the procedure in detail, u may like to read ... http://i44.tinypic.com/256qnia.jpg\">


Alternatively, there's a vid by \"stevethebreadguy\" in youtube, he shows no-knead bread, sourdough bread, etc step-by-step tutorial, pretty cool!

I just baked raisin-cranberry buns, (adapted fm HHB's honey bun) here's the pic
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@smurf, try this recipe, soft n sweet